Coventry Telegraph Letters: Dismayed by 'fire hazard banner' ban

I WATCHED with amazement and dismay at the Ricoh on Saturday as the heavy-handed stewards tried, with the back up of the police, to remove the so called ‘fire hazards’ that loyal supporters used to vent their frustrations.

I WATCHED with amazement and dismay at the Ricoh on Saturday as the heavy-handed stewards tried, with the back up of the police, to remove the so called ‘fire hazards’ that loyal supporters used to vent their frustrations.

Surely damaging the supporters own property is tantamount to criminal damage and stopping freedom of speech!

Ok, Sisu are understandably miffed about a slur on their name as they ply money into our club, but do they not realise that the supporters holding the offending items are pumping money into the club just to sit there and watch?

If the our supporters applied the same principles as the stewards and started tearing up the seats, is that not the same thing?

All I can suggest is that in future all of the banners are made using fire retardant material and any supporter watching a game, does so naked, thus eliminating the risk of ‘spontaneous combustion’.

Get real Sisu; without the supporters you have no business, but the supporters will always have a football club.